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I'm very curious about this as normally all tools i know still have a higher entry point than i realize.

My current setup is 'get a k8s cluster spup up and configured properly as fast and easy as possible' and than just use argocd. Argocd is by far the best tool i have been using in the last 15 years: It does exactly what it should do (syncing and showing me k8s insight vs my git repo), can manage itself through the same mechanism (IaC) and people of different backgrouns are very fast in using it.

This tool either might bridge the gap for people and potentially solve problems but i do have to say: argocd.

Even if you think you want to start small and just use kubectl: start with argocd.